The Wingham Advance, 1919-02-06, Page 2WHAT GERMA1IikERERS
W.OUL E A JUST PEACE
Berestorif and Fellow Delegate to C ofereoce
State Official Wm
Moog For League of Nations—Germans Do
Not Feel Guilty
Berlitn ceble.—Count Con Rern-
etorff,hite gieen the Aesociated Press
litetentent written he hiln after a
eimeultetion with Foreign Minister
trotticrlorffe Rantzau and of Other high
refficheis of the German Foreign Oftice,
111 view a the fact that tempt volt
eleruetorif iteene ot the Men eritrested
evith the wotkina• tint a the details
GerMany's participation in the
eaee Cenference, and will, with the
,ettreign eetinieter,, be 4 German dele-
'geteettett elate/4014 11My be regarded ae
official. It was written in Engliale
ete fellowe:
"Thei quatioe, itliet Would Germany
teneider a peace of eight and justice,
tkie 35-e'lerleftyantenewered in title way:
'That we would rega,ra as • such, a
eettleeeennby ?Thiele the ternas of peace,
ireel down it. President Wilson's ad -
Jan, 8,, 1918, and
the prbicirees cif Settlement in his euti-
tiequent addreesee, are carried oitt ftt
Lyme accordatee with tbe leghminded
apil far-seeing spirit in which they
tvereeeeaceevede ; • • •
"Alden* the foerteett point, • 'the
dieninating note, n our oration, is to
he at'etithited to point No, 14; provide'
leg for the eonstitution of a League of
Natione, wlUh, tea Me. Wilson gold
oo Sept, 27, enuet be a part, anden•a
cense, the most essential part, of the
rieeeeeettlement itself,
' !As the great succese of the recently
Anne* Gorman. League of• Nation
remade' "peotres, 'German legdingmen
otariy recognize that nothing but an
International league of free anti equal
people ten do, away with Imperialism
eital hreng forth a new world of order.
The.' ternian Peciple feel that, given
Paten,,,a.,:hatigee and compulsory arbi-
fratlim, neace cimsfitietran In the eace
eeteleinent, a peace of right and jus-
tice wile be well-nigh Impossible.
eVeith reg,eNt to ehe first, second
and third 'Polote ineMe. 'Wilson's pro-
gramme, we are, in perfect accord with
him. In eormection •with point Na,
t. It may beeineeetleu,ed that Gerniany
le about eeettleielleb. •Ohlegatory service,
which thus larilie.s ebeen cremiderect
the eornerstone 'Pr he,r exposed posi-
tion" la 'Europe, Asefor point No. 6.
*e welcome free.; oPeie-mineed, and
absolatelY ImPatielal adJtistmeet of all
enidtkil ceaentreeprieeed by Mr. Wil -
eon void .edeeetted by the Entente Gov-
eetenentse-endeteetare, looking forWard
CO wee's-cuss/on •ef thh:se claims in,the
Peace Conference in the spirit manned
by the American President,
"Regartling Point No. 6, we are
completely disinterested concerning all
questions relative to Russia, except
le so far as they concern our own
frootier. Naturally, however, we do
not desire a spread of Bolshevism over
Germany and other countries.
"As to voint No. 7, we are prepared
to nay for all damage done to the Bel -
elan civil population and their prop-
erty, as far as will be proved to nave
been perpetuated by ."German aggres-
non." The same applies to point No.
P. relative to damages done civilian
and their -property in Northern
France. As for Alsaee-Lorraine we
would not consider it 'righting a
wrong,' if through the eace settle
-
meet a new wrong should be permit-
ted, That, however, would be the
case If Germans werecompelled to be-
come Preneh against their will. Like-
wise, it must be emphasized in cennee-
Hon with point No. 9, that justice
vfottl dforbid forcing Germans to be-
come Italians Just without free con-
sen"At's regards point 13, justice corn -
pals us to consent that presentiGer-
foreign sovereignty which are nhale.
putably polish populations, should
fornl a part a New Poland, but jus-
tice likewise compels uS' not to tater-
ate that territories be placed nuder
foreign sovereinity widen are lamb.
sltieodn. by indisputably 'German posses-
'Concernine all territorial changes
to be considered be' the Peace Confer-
ence, we absolutely rely on point No,
2' cif Mr. Wilson's address at •Meunt
Vernon, in which he emphasized the
fact that settlement of all such ques-
tions must he made- 'upon a basis of
free acceptance of settlement by the
peoples letunetliately coucerned.' In-
deed, a peace of right and 'justice pre-
supposed that, under guarantee of the
Leegue ot Nations, the principle of
'national self-determination will be
made superior to all territorial quese
Hone.
. "As to the question of guilt for the
wale the Genian Government- has
preposed thea this question should be
submitted to a neutral commission.
Tele seems to be the only just solu-
tion. The German people, in the vast
Majority., do net feel gelity, although
tilenedo not 'deny that raistaltee.;were
enade,y, .
Belfast StrikerStill Rule,
but Preveot Disorder.
• Olsegow, Cable.-eThousands a
trtios heve errieed here, and sentriee,
-wIth fixed bayonets, ere stationed at
etrategic pointihboxii the city. Ev-
erything le quiet thie'forenoon, Coun-
titter Setipwell, one of the etrilte lead-
en% -111, th&Vlyele dibtriet, watt errestea
Me: therein;
DELEdik.T STRIKERS STILL RULE
eefeenaon'eb..1.--13y the Aseociatea
rregtireezTriseadifiltiletration of Bel-
feisteerofie Artisans' .Hall, by self- eon-
stitate,d rulere ;continues, the organi-
sett& Of pollee'fOree'of tee special
etinstalltde by' the' strike committee
Raviug been effeeted.,This forte Is co-
oneratleg Inpetteeteharttieny 'with the
el* leetteea arith window-emashing and
tithe* elfortleera have virtuallY ceaeed.
Tie -entire eity etas arteeptect the rule
of the tommittee; whtcth peohibite ex-
treme agitators and Sinn Feiners from
epeaking. Anybody with a grievance
must obtain permission from the tom-
in•ittee before airing it publicly
• The etellierte uewsDaper" did not a. -
pear an Friday,. bat It has been' aa-
nounced that 'an eight -page paper will
.issited ea Saturday, and be con -
tinned each day, totake the Mime' of
the' usual afternoon papers, which
have -been entirely stopped.. Many ad-
vertieemente have • already been re-
elived and the editorial age hae
been ripPeinted.
Football Mate/Mee daneee 'and con-
certs, at which strike leaders will be
star 'performers; have been arranged
Lor the ,week -end, There is on,e trou-
ble, however, whicb comes from the
view of some of the workers. They
grumble becalm they are obliged to
'continue working in the textile factor-
ies while their huebands are idling.
Stearn -fitters at Lisburn, six miles
southwest of Belfast, struck on ler--
day.
Mt?S tASTERN FRONTIERS
MOST GRAVELY 'NEATEN If
°fenders Retreating Be.
fore the Pqes and 13olshe- HOW THEY oN
Nod.
•
Speeial Cable. -03y the
egesociated Press.)... --Germany's eastern
rietatiere are most gretvely threatened
the Boleheviete arid Poles, eccord-
leg to the Tageblatti which gives the
feedlowing report- of the situation.
' _Strong Bolehevist arrniee stand be -
the borders of lietet Prassia, an
uptief Poles' threatens Vest
*oreg'and that nettle& ef West Po-
n which. Is sten in Germatt hands Is
eabiect to a reacWed Pulish Illeattee,
eiltieti meow that the province of
'riven
n
burghs alse in danger, Ras -
`flat troops o,pcupy, a line from
au to Kovno. The fortress • of
ovno fe tiot yet In their hands, but
tieBoleigeviste Maud directly In front
it, and httere at their disposal 'num-
•revue divielons, whielt are hold te-
ther and led forward by iron dincip-
. The Soldiers' Councils no long -
play the role in the liolettevist ar-
, %fly ehbt they die at the beginning of
the 'retoturient, eillitary authority,
bet tee nthor Wind,1S vested 'with the
trooplend their leeelere.
- -rht tlermen Eighth tool Tenth
hkeinies are retreating before the Soviet
troope. The 'Iron Ditrielore which
now, tee a result of lessee, has melted
nab) the 'Irent,Brigtole', numbering
thme hundrede of- men, la alga there.
• "Speedy help from dependable vole
binteer eorps ready to Oppose the Hue -
Mans with arms, if required, is abso-
}Italy necesdri The same ean be
geld of the Mtn tioot In West Prueela."
Tito professor regarded with an eye
• alf suspielon the email yellow cube the
itaet had brought him. "I take
thee," he murmured, "for butter-- trr
woree."-- leoettni Trefteeript.
VICTORIA
CROSS
4.0
Tales of Heroism of Three
Canadians.
Two of Them Gave tip Their
Lives.
• London, Cable.—(Canadian ,Press
• .deeetttch via eteuteret)---The London
Gazette contains dettilie of how Cap-
tain 'Coulosit Normal lettchell, 'Win-
nipeg; the late Lieut. Wailnee Lloyd
O Algie, Alton, Ont., and the late Sergt,
Moat Cairns, North Saskatoon, ewon
their Vieteria Crteetee.
The onetime; follow:
"Captain Mitchell, M. C., 4th 13attal-
ion, Canadian Engineers, for most
eonseicuous bravery and devotion to
duty on the night of Oct. '8-9, 1018, at
Canal Le.ecant, northeast of Cambral.
He led a small party ahead of the first
wave of infantry in order to examine
willow -3 bridges on the line of ap-
proach, and if possible, to prevent
thole deteolition. reachiog the
.canal he found the bridge already
blown up. lender a heavy barrage
crossed to the next bridge, where he
cut a number a lead wine, then in
total darkness, unaware of the posi-
tion awl etremeth of the enemy, he
daelted across the main bridge over
the tenet bridge. This he found to
be heavily eharged for demolition.
Whilst Captain Mitchell atesieted
hie 110P-eolnntiSs1Oted OffiCeriS, was
1 cutting the wirer}, the 0110111Y attempt-
ed to rusk the bridge, in order to blow
up the eharges, whereupon he at once
dashed to the assistance a hie sentry,
who hal been wOuteled. We kIlled,
i
three 0 the Many, eaptured twelve,
and lita ntained the bridge Until rein-
forced. Then, under a heavy flre, he
• continued the task of cutting the
wires, removing cherges which he well
knew might atany moment 'lave been
fired, by the enemy. It was entirely
due to his valor and decisive actiou
that this important Waage across the
canal was saved front destruction.
Lieut, Wallace Lloyd Algie, late of
the 2021L Battalion, 1st Central On-
tario regiment, for most conspicuous
bravery and eelf-sacrifice on elet. 11,
4918, northeast of Cerebral, while with
attacking troops, which mine under
0, heavy enfilade machine-gun fire
from the, neighboring 'villages. Rush-
ing forward 'with nine, volunteers, he
shot -the crew of the enemy -machine
gun, and, turning it on the enemy,
enabled his party to reach the village.
He then rushed another machine gun,
killed the crew, and captured the
officer and ten ot the enemy, tlierebY
clearing the end of the village, Lieut.
Mete, baying establiehed his vitae,
went back for reinforeemente, but was
killed when leading ' them , forwerd.
Hie valor and pdesonal initiative in
the ewe of intense fire saved 'many
lives, and enabled the position to be
held.
Serge Hugh Cairn, D. C. M., late
46th Battalion. SasicatcheWae Regi-
ment, for most conspicuous bravery
before, Valenciennes, 'Nov. I, 1918,
when 4 untettine gun peened fire on
his platoon. Without . a element%
hesitation, Sergt. Cairns seieed a
Lewie gun and, siegie-handed, in the
'face of a ilireet fire, rashed the posi-
tion, killing the crew of fire and cap-
turing the gun. Later, wheii the line
was held up by a Machine-gun fire,
Ihe again rushed forward, killing twelve
of the onemY, and capturing eighteen
men and twe gune. Subsequeetly,
• when the advance was hold tie by
machine guns and field guns, although
• wounded, he led a small party to out-
flank them, killing many and forcing
about fifty to surrender, captUring all
the guns, After coneolidation be wont
with a battle patrol to exploit Marley,
and tereed sixty to lorrenclor. Whilst
disarming the oarty be Wee severely
wounded. Nevertheless, he opened fire
and inflicted heavy lease$, FinallY
he was rushed by twenty of the eneillY,
and collapsed from weakness through
loss of blood. Throughout the opera-
• tiOn he showed the higlie,st degree of
valor. His leadership greatly Centre
buted to the success of the attack. He
died of wounds NOY .2,
.; ei
ITISH ARMY
OF A MILLIO
Latest, Dreifts t� Clear up
the Task
With High Pay„ and Jobs
• On Release.'
•
London, Cable,—A special raeeting
of the •Cainnet held to -day was ettende
ed by Winston Spencer Chttrchill, eir
Eric Geddes, Sir Robert etevengon.
Horne, the new ,Labor Minister; and
Geperals •Sir Henry Wilson and Sir
William Robertson. Urgent questions
regarding demobilization were discuss-
ed. It is understood that the eon-
ferees reached conclusion tbat there
was nee prospect for months to come
oe the voluntery enliament of suffi-
cient men for the artily ef occupatIon
add the salvage of property in the war
theatres, for properly garrisoned Indfa,
Gibraltar and .the Crown colonies tte
insure the safety of the United King-
dom and safeguard the results of the
yictory in Palestina, Mesopotamia and
Turkey, and that hence it would be
necessary to edopt Spite eYstent of sel-
ection and place the Men retained 415
nearly as possible in the eanie poet-
• tioh as they would be In dell life with,
regard to pay and other conditions. .
It is considered that for the purposeO s::
abeve stated, about 1,000,000 Men,
would be required, which means
roughly, that three out of every four
men will be demobilized and the fourth
. retained to "finish the job." And the
Idea is to releaee the men who have al -
reedy renderee. the most service to the
country. Probably some stipulated
, date will be fixed and all the men who
• joined the service previous to that will
• be demobilized. The pay of the men
• .retained will be largely increased, and
' a new scheme of leave introduced.
The men thus retained to bridge the
'gap•unttl the reorganization of the new
stailding pattee arty will be eonsider-
ed as fulfilling functions as linportant
as fighting, and employers ot labor
will be requested to keep open for them
their pre-war posts, as was done dur-
ing the war for the fighting men.
, - . • --
WON THE V. 0.
Lt. Algie, of Alton, 20th
Hatt., Gave Life.
'Condon, Cable.—(Cattadian Press
despitch trete Reuter's, Limited)—
The f allowing eetails in regard to of-
fieere and Men Who haee been award-
ed the Victoria. Cross are given in
Reuter's:
Lieut. Wallace Algks, late of the
20th Battalion, was been at Alton, On-
tario, in 1891. Ho enlisted in Tor-
onto in April, 1016. He was employed
in a tank. He was killed in October,
9118. He reached England with a
draft front the Canadian Officers' Re-
serve, His neet of kin is James Algie,
of Dews= etreet, Tome).
• 'aii**-
FOUNT WOISES
AND KO CAT
liteporeeelIaree Lefeil4
was attacked by Weleee end Willi
cat at lelaborly, South Lanttiete Ile
made hie scepe and ealled for beep,
Austirt Strong and 1)on VanaIstino
went to hie Resistance aud tried to
drive the animals away, and were
chased tor over a mile„ and had
narrow escape. Mr, /Atom), win/ was
badly Mauled, watt taken, helve, 'Whee
Stone, and Vithaletille were raterettlag
'home they were cheeed by et wild cat,
but made their emeape to a feneet
where they tie/mile elitbe. There was
a battle for n fee Minutee mall the
tnlnialnAti killed, Wolves have been
SC en since,
AWED FORCE
IN SIBERIA IS
MUCH HAMPERED
41***0
Not Army of Occupatiop,
but -to Aid the Gov-
. eminent,
MUSE STAN if ASIDE
An4 Let .Russians Decide
- How They Are to
Be Ruled,
• (By W. E. Mayfair, official• correapon-
dent witbethe Caoadlan, Forces
• In Siberia.)
Vladivostok, Cable.—Tbe Ailied
forces. In Siberia are not here as an
arMY el oecupation. Their functioes
are rather to co-operate in every pea -
way with the Government and
army of Russian in restoring order in
the country.
This is a point that must be serious-
ly coursitlered in reviewing the work
being performed by Allied troops in
this terNtory, It also indicates the
tremendoue difficulty and. extreme
delicacy of the situation from tho
standpoint of the Allied generals. On
the one band undue interference is
Russioa national affairs must tie care-
fully avoided, On the other Mt op-'
portunity is to be lost of strengthen-
ing the bands of the de feat> Govern-
• ment la its efforts to bring pone ea
end economic order oat of the existing
chaos. It is at once apperent that
the task calls for considerable tact
and repression.
It is, as stated, no part of the Allied
policy to criticise the various steps
by which the Russian people are work-
ing out their own political salvation,
although, of necessity, the Ruseitut
Government es it exiete to -clay in the
Siberian city of (emelt hes been forma-
te recogniZed bY the Alliee Govern-
ments. It is expeeieut thee there be
sorne admitted centrel authority ie the
O col -mere AA a heels to work from. Apart
form its campaign against the pro -
German Boisheyiki, the Allied police
appears to be to stand aside ant) let
Russians decide how Russians aee to
be ruled,
THE POLITICAL •SITUATION.
• This is not an easy position, elle to
the complex Waive' siteetion that
gas arisfin, Once the Bolshevik propae
gain% ceefitsed all neen'e mines in
Rupee in politieel anti ecopaillle preO -
prietitee. Without Omitting of tiny
• •criticiere er continent, Ceneclian read,
• ers, wee .are represeetea by e epee
his plate) General Alexiefe General
ex' General petals, Other-
• wise, they threatened, they would tette
the field against the dictator, Teel-
• ehak's reply was to despatch an ermy
under General Voikov to compel the
submission of the youthful officers,
and this expedition is now somewhere
along the railway line leading from
the 'Urals to Chita.
• Semienov and Kulmukov have -been
infermed since that not one of the
three generele they mentiened woeld
'be willing to accept the dictatorship,
but that intimation hag not apparent -
y eltered their decision, Rusaien ru.-
'Mor has it that there is beck of tee
defection personal bad blood betweeu
Sendenov and leolchalt,
The careers of Semienov and Kill -
teatime afford one of the ronlan203 of
the revolution. The former is now
28 years old and the latter only 26.
Both served with distinction against
• the, Bolshevik'. On their defection
'freed Kodiak they promoted them-
selves at once to be generals, and they
are now addressed as "general" in
dian unit, it the Allies here, may be
interested in a summary of the politi-
cal situation in the country. This
situation has been altered and further
corapliceted by the famous November
coup d'etat,.1.ty which Admiral Xol- I eentiment, att W11 as with the aber-
;take formerly ot the Ithsslan Black redone 02 Gee, benitenev, tite Attlee
have 1102 getively •concereee Merit-
Seblee, both being mattere icor the itus.
leans themeelvea to twat°, The youth-
ful Cossack general, it ;nay be stated
parenthetlealiy, has not, as yet, inter-
fered with any allied train, and it is
not considered likely that he will.
Semienoy V080[1.048 way be seen any
day in the streets of Vlatilvoetok, min-
gling wait the soldiers of every land.
The Siberlau Cosack nuly bq easily
aistinguished from- other tram of
Cossacks from the fret that he weave
a yellow baud down the Bide of Ills
• breeches, There are many varietlea
of Cossack, and each variety has its
distinctive trousere band. A pollee
reporter In Vladivostok might draw
attention to the fact that Cossacks
and Russian volunteer sailors do not
agree very well. When a band of
sailors falls In at night with a group
of Cossacks in the etreet there Is sure,
to be a fight. This may be because
the sailors are all Kolebak men, or
• it may be that both 'main dearly love
to "mix it."
Sea fleet, overthrew the AU -Russian
government eitting at Omsk and as-
euraed the reins of power as dietator.
From the poiht of view of the gol-
ehalt party that coup d'etat was as
maccessful as It was sudden. On the
whole the new dictator has been ac-
cepted unquestioningly, but there have
been vertain exceptiona to this gener-
al rule. leer instance, certain of the
Czecho-Slovak councils protested
against tb,e part played in the =mi-
nion of Koltiliak by the Czecli forces,
complaining that it was no part of
Czech policy to interfere in Russian
domestic politics. But thcf most in-
terestiree protest, and one that wields
great influence in this Russian Irar
least, was that of certain Cossack ele-
ments itt 3Ihoria, To -day there are
two Cossack armies between Lake
Baikal and the Pacifie wbleit remain
In the field and refits° to recognize the
Koichak Government. While recog-
nizing Xalchek, the Allies are Ir. tee
delicate poeition of not being able to
openly oppose the hostile Coissacke
Ties is one illuaration of the delicate
position occupied our forces in. the
Far East.
At the time of the COUP d'etat there
were three main Rueeiau armies iu the
field against the Boishevild. In the
Black Sea area were Gen, Alexieff and
Gen. Denelhin, with their victorious
following of Don Coastwise. n ite
Urals was .Cien. Duteer with hiS.araly,
co-onerating with the Czechs, weiie a
force of •Cossacks was operating in the
vicinity of Chita, where the elancnur•
iau Railway line joins with the Trans-
Siberian. Thie force has rendered the
greatest services in assisting the
Czechs to open railway comumuica-
tion with the coast at the time the
couutry was largely b.eld by Bolebie-
OPPOSED KOL6IIAK.
With the Cossacks in Siberia were
two young squadron commanders,
Semieney and Kuirnukov, and these re-
fused eo 'submit to the leolchak re-
gime, ending 'word to the dictator that
they would be satisfied to eccept 111
despatehes front the headquarters at
Omele Sentiently is now at Chita,
whence come rumors of a rule with
iron hand, while Kulmukov Is at Kline
barotat, on tne Amur River, Each
has a considerable following.
There is ueeloubt that the two heve
been a sore thorn in the side of the
de facto government, for they have art
unpleasant habit of intercepting and
commandeering mail and supply trains
bound for the interior from Vladivo-
stok anil Harbin. An armored train
is one of the Semieney's valued pos.
sessions. In to-da,y's Russian ne,ws-
papers here there is printed an appeal
from Gen. Dutov, commander ,of the
Kolchak fore itt the Urals, td
no, asitine hire to refrain from the
Practice o?intereepting supply treble,
To hamper the werk of the Govern-
ment is, accoraing to DutoV, to WU% a
serious hardship en the Rusin peoe
ple, and more espetsially 9/1 tixe MA.
eacits themselves. Ditto; like Seirnie-
nov, is a Cossack.
INTERFERE) IN E. SIBERIA.
Sernienov as gone $o far ae In
teller° wite the oietator'e plans and
orders with mere to Eastern Siberia.
For instance, despite the fact that the
new Russian army, formed to free the
country trent the 13olsheviki, was a
strictly volunteer institution, it ' has
been found advisable to impose Con-
scription in Western Siberia. Kolclaa,k
sent orders that there should be
mobilization in the Russian Far East
as well, Semienov sends back the
reply: "No. I will attend tq thet when
have leisure," Aceording to reports
here, mobilization has been actually
carried out at Irkutsk, Oofe, Ornsk,
Samara and other western centres.
This is, of course, a decided depar-
ture. 131 old Russia, that is imperial
Ruesia., every Melt- was a soldier.
From revolution days It has boon the
rule that army and navy should be
purely, void -Meer. The Russian troops
now ie Vladivostok belong to the "new
Russian army," formed itere of volun-
teers affde the Czechs defeated the
Bolsheviki in the town. The vessele
in: the harbor are manned by volun.".
teers. Incidentally there appears to
be a decided public seetiraent against
conscription, as smacking 'too much
of the old impala" regime. 'With this
Live St CA(
Mr. John Lowe, of Elora, who made
practically a clean sweep in the Aber-
, deen-Angus class at the big Live
Steck Show this wIntor at Guelph, is
a firm believer in the opportunity
now before the Canadian Live Stock
industry.
"Proepeete never looked better for
Canadian cattle," said Mr. Lowe.
"The Situation in Ettrope warrants
Canadian breeders going into the live
stock business in a big way."
Mr. Lowe makes a brisinese of
breeding and selling mire bred etoek,
and Maintains a herd of 40 head
his farm near Were, Out.
At the Winter Fair at Guelph he
won the Aberdeen -Angus champion.
ship in bents with Middlebrook Prinee
lith and the Aberdeen Angus fe-
male ehamplonsh'p with Midahl000k
pride Peird, the latter beating hie own
heifer, Middlebrook Pride elet. which
was junior champion at the Canadian
National Exhibitiott in Toronto. lie
also Wan Mot prize in the cheat for
Aberdeen -Angus holder:4 tw yearo
and limier three, with Middlebrook
Pride 20211, and first priee for steer
or heifer one year and under with
Middlebrook Pride 21st. In addition
ho was the winner of flao first prize
in the championship wiener, Middle-
brook Pride 23rd, and first itt the
emelor bull cIaes with his champion
bull, •Middlebrook Prince lith,
Naturally Mr. Lowe is a serene sere
porter of any mtve towards improv-
ing the quality of live stock in Can-
ada, arguing that this couretry has at
unpreeedented opoprtunety to estab-
lish herself solidly in the export mar -
lot if we produce the elass of beef
demanded by competitive tenditiene
meth as may pertain when teanspora
:Won is reorganized on a peace basis.
To make exp)rt beef well bred
stock In essential. There Is money In
(Planta, according to Successful
breedem like Mr. John Lowe. Canada
teeablished a reputation for hewn
•Inring the war, and by meeting coin,
petition in the peeper way, an ine
inmate expeyt trade in animal pro -
Mat limy be maintainee permanent."
ar.
BRITISH FORCE
ON THE RINK
Force of 900,000 Men Need-
ed, Say Officials.
Horne Service Men to Be
Sent Over.
Loudon, Cable.—The regulations
governing the armies of occupation are
dealt with in an official statement le -
sued to -night 'by Winston Spencer
Churohill, Secretary for War. The
etateraent nays:
"The British military commandera.
are of the opinion that 90,00 men are:
sufficient for this transition period. Alt
the rot will be demobiltzed as fast as
possible,
"The new ttrmie whll begin forming
Feb, 1, and wilt be composed, in the
first inetance, of those, who have en-
listed since Jan. 3, 1916, and who do'
not exceed 37 years Of age. Volunteers
will be accepted for one eear's service
from among men otherwise entitled to
release, while 69 battalions of ye mg
soldiers now on home service will be
seat immediately to helpeaueed the
Rhihe•'bridgeheads and release the old-
er men.
"The men of tete new armies will liti
paid bonuses ranging from tea thil-
lings and sixpence per week for pri-
vate, to •42 shillings for colonel, ie. ad-
dition to the ordinary army ray.
Leave will be granted on as generous
a scale as posable. •
"The oceupation armies will be the
home army; the army of the Rhine,
the arma y the Middle East, a detach-
ment of the Far North and gee:Isms
of the Crown colouies and India.
"These arrangements seem to be the
beet advisable for the year 1919. Bor-
ing this year, however, we must re-
make the old British regular .army,
as to erovide, on a eoiuntary basis,
overseas garrisons and foreigu stet -
tions."
In connection with the foregoing the
Ministry of Labor announces .that no
further application for relegee of in-
dividual officers or men on pivotal pr
speciaiegroueds can be considered.
SCHOOLMASTER
LED IN REVOLT
Of the Spartacans of Wil-
• helmshaven..
;
Bloody Fight Resulted in
Their Defeat,
Beene, Cable.—With the restora-
tion of telephone service between Wil-
hehushatten and Berlin accurate , de-
tails are available of the collapse of
the Spartricaaj. rising which terrorized
the naval•pert since midnight Sunday.'
• Schoolmaster .Therne' was the mein -
spring of the rising. His forces oectt- •
pied the railway statiems at Williams-
lieven and other buildings, ineluding
the Imperial Bank . When the bour-
geois populace awakened Monday to
the unexpected situation, it agreed to
cail a general strike, and all trades
Including the drug stores. responded.
Tuesday foreneon ailthe citizens
gathered in the centre of the town or
the purpose of orgaiezing a demon-
stration before the Soldiers' 'and
'eVoritmea's and. the Marine -councils.
Tbey demanded the .diserming and
arrest of the Srartacans.. The united
ciVilian action resulted in a temporary
truce and an anderstandinpe with the
hisurgents. Despite this, e. lutnd of
Spartacans rifled the vaults of the Int-
ent:al Bank of 2,000,000 marks .and
carried the bullion into the barracks,
where they barricaded themselves,
Thi civilians arain entered a mass
:retest and forced the -Soldiers' anti
Worienen's Council and the Govern-
ment troops stationed at Wilhelms-
haven to lay siege to the barracks.
An atteck with naval guns, machine
guns and hand grenades resulted in
thetinconaltional surrender ot 1500
metes, who eroteeted that seven of
their numeer had been killed and 110
Wourtlee. The attacking forces had
four men killed and 'alewounded, and
there were mite scattering civilian
casteaties.
The Spartacans are how said to be
under arrest. All the bullion has been
recovered except 20,000 marks, The
Berlin Government will investigate
the trottele and try to fix responsible-
ity for the attempted cbtip.
TO BE A RON
Lendone' .Cable.—The Admiralty
anourteee that pending the conehisions
of the Committee ofe Enquiry on tho _
Subject, it has boon decided to in-
crease the pay of all naval men, rang-
ing from an extra shilling per day for
ord,indry seamen to sik slxh1lIne for
captairat and higher ranks, with elm -
Oar fecreases to the Royal Marino.
Thia extra pay, it le declared, must
be regarded as a bonus, anti not nG
reprederrting 1311 theme() of the Mea-
nt pay, whieh MAY Ultimately be cone
eidered it etiet and equitable remuner-
ation.
MARIA TO
DEPOSE KING? ____ Piro h7os 14*
Co.
rl.400cs._
lunkio ton en ell edieliee0 ert WOK
• Paris, Cablea-ls Bulguria, about to
deeose her eovereigne• Despatcher,
from Rome, wilich hint at this, say
Bulgaria, is asking for Sher aid, A del-
egate of the Bulgarian Government,
eanied Balabanoft, basjust arrived, at
Prague to open negotiations with the
dego-SIav Goveenment, with a view to
conciliating the Bulgarian and dugo-
Slav interests in Macedonia.
• Bulgaria's plan is said to be to ere -
531 aueonomous Macedonia, and to
build up A teeeral republic, .comprie-
Ina Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzege-
v•ina, Montenegro and Slovenie.
The Belearlans say they are willIng
if their plan is accepted to join this
federal republic by -overthrowing the
Cobourg dynasty'.
INDIA N'EED$ FOOD.
High Prices Hard On the
Poorer Classes.
• London, Cahle.—A Ineseage from
Delhi states that the high foodstuffs
prices are inflicting grave nardships
upon the poorer classes. The agricul-
tural easitiou of Northern India was
made worse by the absence of winter
rains. It is difficult to forecast the
future, but undoubtedly Governmeet
action since the appointment of a ,
Foodstuffs Commissioner bas helped
to allay apprehension, This is appar-
ent from the prohibition of tete expor-
tation of Indian grain and the acquesie
tion of most of the Burma rice crop
under favorable conditions. also, the
proraised supplies of .Australian wheat
winch will tend to bring down prices
of hoarded stocks, - •
GREAT HUN ARMY
THING OF PAST
Organized Force is, Now
300,000 to 500,000
• And Poor Morale Makes'
• Them Useless,
•Coblenz, •aable.—According to esti..
'mates by the Officers of the American
8r8 army based upon reports, from ail
parts of Germany, the organized Ger-
man army now located In various de-,
liote numbers front 300,000 to sop:000
Men. The reporte indicate that these
eoldiers are of such morale that they
hardly will be available for operatiens
Of any extent. The numper of rerri le
the army, reports reachiag Cobrene
suggest, Is decreasing 'rapidly.
The new volunteer armys numbers;
between 100,000 and 300,000 men of
doubtful morale as they have not Yet
been, organized fully or tested Write
The volunteer army which is being
Organized for the purpose of stopping
-relish end Bolshevikt invaeions of
Germany territory has 40,000 naen in
the region of Frankfort -on -the -Oder.
Itlantevolunteer battalione also are re-
ported moving eastward.
The organized German army con-
sists of the classes of 1898 and 1899,
less some discharged because they live
in occupied territory, less large num-
bers of deserters and less dome dis-
charged according to demobilization
plane. The officerand non -omnis -
stoned officers of this army are men
wens intend to reramin permanently in
the service.
ENEMY STATES
TO BE ACCEPTIO
On Proof of End of Lust of
•Conquest
And Willingness to Make
Good Losses.
Paris, 'Cable.—A universal conferle
once of all states desiring to partici-
pate in a League of Nations will be the
final act in the formation of a league,
Leon Bourgeois, the French authority
on. a League of Nations, declared to-
da.y This eonference would be held
after the Peace 'Conference had ap-
proved the scheme now being drafted
by representatives of the great allied
associations on a League of Na-
tions.
The universal Conference will pass
upon the admission of each state 'nee
the league and enemy states will be
accepted on the same footing as oth-
ers. .The enemy states, however, el.
Bourgeois said, must give preof that
they no longer foster lust of con-
quest and that they Will "repay fully
for the devastation and Neu they
have caused."
4.4.* '4 •
EEABort
P 1111 I iv;
WANTS ITS BEER
Not Satisfied With Promise
• of 25?. O. Mor00
e.
Heads Opposed to "Dry"
Agitation.
London Cable -treat Ileitain is. evinc-
ing no disposition to occupy her place
In tho sun hi the dry world, especially
owing the present labor disturbances.
Labor spokesmen nye not salt:Ceti with
the promise of a 25 per cent, beer In-'
crease atter nearly four years' acquaint-
ance with eamottelage beer with which
the working people had to be eontented.
On the other hand the industrial mag-
nates will watch closely the effect of
Prohibition in Americo upon the working
week output, especially aft Monday le
considered "hang -over" day in many or
the unskilled trades owing to tho loss
of thno by over -indulgence on Saturdays
arid Sundays.
The labor leaders, however, 'are set
any
against adry agitation, ,Pillett.
a welt known labor leader, in an inter-
view to the correspondent to day nate:
"America's deaden h likelv to halm no
real infittence upon the position of Ittu.
land. Climatic and other conditions ZI1'43
entirely different. Any attempt te
low America's exampie would influenee
metal welfare to the detriment of pane
Worms and would bv subversive to iho
Lank, principle of tinglish Are."
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ALICIA TO
Yid UKRAINE
Lausanne, Cable. --A report lute
reached Switzerland that the Govern-
ment of the Galician republic, com-
posed of fernier Austrian territories,
has proclaimea • the unity of the
Galician reputele with the Ukraine.
The Provisional Government of the
Galician republic, -has notified the
allied powers and the Peace Confer -
once at Paris of title net of self-detee
mination and requested official reeog
nition.
le the above despatch is correct and
the change in nationality ehould be
recognized by the Allies, those of the
unnaturalized ilkraitilans from Galicia,
hitherto Austrian nationats, would be
freed from their alio:lento to Austrle
and be subject to the sovereignty oe
the Ukrainian Government of Elev.
HOW BELGIUM WILL PAY,
Paris, Feb. it. --.Ten billion francs Italia
been advanced to Belgium by Great Br!.
Min, France ana the ttnite.d States, the
amount to be deducted from the paid
by Genettey according to a Havre des-
patch frim Brussels. The tlesitatch uld
that the amount will be raised either
by an inter -allied bond ii0310 or by
Ge1.111/131 100.11 havieg !moiety over all
other loans.
U. S. MAY EXPORT 'BUTTER.
'Washington, l'Ieb. 1.--I,Npertat1on of
butter, prohibited durimt the war, will
1.e permitted under en order i, 1)0(1 to-
day by the war Trade Mara. 'rite
order providee for neesesing or butter
foe teportation for ail countries vote*
areat Britain, Vence anti Phtly. Butter
p1rcha31e9 for shipment to the three Al.
Hell countries i 311 eontitine under the
Allied Provisions But), 11 Commission,